The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for his cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), finding that these conditions did not manifest during active military service, are not related to a disease, injury, or event in service, and were not caused or aggravated by service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's hypertension was not likely the cause of any CVA and did not aggravate any CVA. The examiner provided a reasoned analysis based on the Veteran's controlled blood pressure readings and other risk factors for TIAs, such as hyperlipidemia, tobacco abuse, and alcohol abuse.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), transient ischemic attacks (TIA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1708875
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